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Today is the last day of June which means that his time to see some of the books that are going to be released in the month of July which also means more amazing books to read. So, these are some of the books that are going to be released July. If you want more information about the book click on its cover. It will take to the Goodreads page.

Hi guys. I was nominated to the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award so today I decided to answer to it. First of all I would love to thank Franzi for nominating me =) . You should definitely check her blog. Let’s start answering it.

Hi guys! Today I’m doing the R.I.P. It or Ship It Book Tag. This tag was created by emmmabooks and I was tagged by Saba from BookMates. For this tag you need to put characters names into a jar and pick two at random. After that you decide if you rip them or ship them. This is going to be a little hard to me because I love my ships and I don’t want to see them with other people but I’m going to try to forget that for the sake of this tag. So let’s start it.

Round 1

I would probably ship them. I actually think that sometimes Katniss is similar to Clary so Jace would probably like her. I also think that Katniss needs someone a little bit stronger than Peeta (but I still love Peeta =) ). So yeah, I SHIP them.

Round 2

This is one that can bring some discussion but Hermione and Harry would be great together and even J. K. Rowling agrees with that. I know that there will be someone who will not like this but I absolutely SHIP them. Hermione and Harry are made for each other.

Round 3

Imagine a girl like Isabelle with a guy like Edward… Are you able to do that?? NO, because Isabelle would never date with someone like Edward. Edward needs someone to take care and Isabelle is not one of that girls. I will RIP IT.

Round 4

I don’t like Adam and I love Simon so I don’t want Simon to have to deal with someone like Adam. I would RIP IT.

Round 5

Celeana is such a badass character that I’m pretty sure that she would hate Sebastian and would kick is ass and kill him so let’s RIP IT.

Round 6

This could never happen, like NEVER. Alec would never steal his best friend’s girlfriend and I don’t think that they match att all. Let’s RIP IT.

Round 7

I love both characters (especially Will Herondale) but I can’t see them together. They would not match and Will deserves to be with me so I would RIP IT.

Round 8

Bella is such a needy girlfriend that I don’t think that St. Clair would like her. And what would she do when he had is girlfriend??? Stupid things like always??? Probably. I would RIP IT.

Round 9

They would make such a cute couple. Jem is such a sensitive guy and I think that he and Anna would make a great couple. Let’s SHIP IT.

Round 10

I don’t know but I think that I would SHIP them together. Don’t ask me why. I just think that they would be great together. I SHIP IT.

Round 11

Let me see… I don’t think that Ron would be able to handle Magnus’s awesomeness. Magnus is to sassy for Ron so I’m going to RIP IT.

Round 12

I don’t think so. Warner needs to be with Juliette and no one else. Let’s RIP IT.

Round 13

Oh yeah. Tessa and Voldemort sitting in a tree… NEVER. No one deserves someone like Voldemort (maybe Umbridge does but she got someone better, you will see it XD). Let’s RIP IT

Round 14

Ups… this happened. Awkward. I think that this one is a no brainer at all so yeah, let’s SHIP IT

Round 15

This one is the best ship ever. I would totally SHIP IT. They are both so despicable people that they would be great together. And they will only ruin one house.

So this is it. The R.I.P. It or Ship IT Book Tag. I will not tag anyone in particular but if you want to do this tag do it and tell me in the comments. I would love to see it.

It’s that time of the week again when I bring you the Top 5 Wednesdays, created by gingerreadslainey. If you want to know how T5W works you can go to the Goodreads group by clicking here. This weeks theme is Top 5 Characters I Want to Drown. Let’s start this list.

5. Tris Prior – Divergent

The truth is that I only want to drown the Tris that appears in Allegiant (and sometimes in Insurgent too). That girl makes so bad decisions in that book that I couldn’t handle it.

4. Richie – Eleanor & Park

If you don’t remember Richie is Eleanor step-father. The way he treated Eleanor and her family would normally get me mad and I wanted to drown him (and sometimes even worse).

3. Adam Kent – Shatter Me

I loved Adam in the first Shatter Me book but that took a turn when I started Unravel Me. His decisions and the way he treated Juliette. I wanted to pull my hairs every time I had to read anything that he said.

2. Bella Swan – Twilight Saga

Oh Bella. I hated how she was so dependent of Edward especially in New Moon. And the situations that she put herself in.

1. America Singer – The Selection

America Singer is the reason why I haven’t read The One yet. I actually liked her in the beginning of the first book but then she started making stupid decisions. And let’s not talk about the stupid love triangle. One chapter she loved Maxon and the other Aspen. Ugh… I just can’t deal with that and if I could I would drown her.

This is it, the top 5 characters I want to drown. Tell me, which characters have you included in your tops? Have you included any of these?

When Gia Montgomery’s boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she has to think fast. After all, she’d been telling her friends about him for months now. This was supposed to be the night she proved he existed. So when she sees a cute guy waiting to pick up his sister, she enlists his help. The task is simple: be her fill-in boyfriend—two hours, zero commitment, a few white lies. After that, she can win back the real Bradley.

The problem is that days after prom, it’s not the real Bradley she’s thinking about, but the stand-in. The one whose name she doesn’t even know. But tracking him down doesn’t mean they’re done faking a relationship. Gia owes him a favor and his sister intends to see that he collects: his ex-girlfriend’s graduation party—three hours, zero commitment, a few white lies.

Just when Gia begins to wonder if she could turn her fake boyfriend into a real one, Bradley comes waltzing back into her life, exposing her lie, and threatening to destroy her friendships and her new-found relationship.

Review:

This book was one of that books I was excited to read this summer. I’ve read The Distance Between You by the same author a few months ago during a reading slump and I decided to do the same last week. This book didn’t disappoint me. I read it in 4 hours and at the end I had the biggest smile on my face. The book starts in prom night when the main character, Gia, boyfriend breaks up with her right in front of school. After that she sees a guy sitting in the car and asks him to be the fill-in boyfriend so that her friends do think that she was lying. At the start I didn’t Gia at all. She was a shallow girl who only cared about other people would think about her and you could see that in the first pages. But it was possible to see her development through the book and how she discovered herself. I loved the Fill-In Bradley and his sister Bec and their relationship as siblings. The Fill-In Bradley also had his problems but I liked how his story ended. The way that Gia and the Fill-In Bradley’s relationship developed was pretty cute. But let’s talk about Gia’s friends. Really? You’re best friend of years never lied to you but you still believe another girl who you’ve known for less time that the boyfriend might be fake?? If my friends did it they would not be my friends for that long. But well if that didn’t happened there was no book. I was sad about the way the book ended. I just wanted a little bit more but I really liked this book.
Overall, this was a super cute and cheesy contemporary book that makes you smile the whole time you’re reading and the few hours after. If you like these kind of books you should read it.

Hi guys. Today I bring you another edition of Book Covers Around the World. Today the book series chosen is Harry Potter. Let’s be real, Harry Potter one of the best known book series ever so I needed to do this. Because we are talking about such successful books today I will only talk about some of the british and american editions because there are a lot, like a lot of different editions and I would have to stay here a whole week to talk about all of them. So yeah, today I’m talking about some of the british and american editions. Maybe I will do a post about international editions in a few weeks. But first let’s start this post.

Bloomsbury Children’s Edition

These are the original covers and I think that is common sense when I say that everyone likes these covers. These covers really represent the plot and story of each book and I like that this is something that happens in almost of the different editions.

Original Scholastic Edition

These are the american covers. I love these covers mostly because these where the covers that were used in the portuguese editions which means that I grew up looking for these covers every time I went book shopping. They were there every time. Once again the different images represent the plot for each book and I quite like it.

Bloomsbury Adult Edition

These are the first adult covers that were released in the UK. Once again each cover is right for the plot of each book but I don’t like these. I don’t know why. Maybe because they are to adult or because I’m used to the other covers. I just don’t like these as much. But at least these aren’t the worst covers. Want to see what I’m talking about??

Bloomsbury New Adult Edition

THESE… These covers are just terrible. These covers are the new adult editions and they are just terrible. I know that the background image is related with each book but that doesn’t help. I don’t like how different they are and how the only thing you see in these covers is the title and the author name. I don’t understand what the cover designers had in their heads when they did these.

Bloomsbury Signature Edition

Once again these covers are amazing and relatable to the plot. These would be best adult covers than the last ones. I like how these covers are designed and how they look a little bit growth up.

15th Anniversary Edition

These are my favorite covers. I really want to buy the box set. They are so amazing. And the best part is that when you have all the books in the bookshelf the spines have Hogwarts like this:

It’s amazing. Just tell me the truth. Don’t you want to have this box set in your bookshelf?? I would love to have it.

So this is it. What did you think? Which one is your favourite? Don’t forget, if you want to see the different covers for one particular book tell me in the comments. It could be the next one.

Sadie, Darcy, and Rosanna are living together in New York City the summer before their freshman year of college begins. With no parents, no rules, and an entire city to explore, these three girls are on the verge of the best summer of their lives.

Sadie is a native New Yorker. She is hopeful, romantic, and an eternal optimist who is ready to find her soul mate. Then she meets her dream boy: cute, funny, and quirky in all the right ways. The chemistry between them is unreal. Could he be the one?

Darcy is a free spirit from SoCal with rebellious tendencies and unlimited financial resources. Moving to New York City is just another adventure for her. Darcy wants this summer to be all about boy adventures—nothing serious. But how much fun is too much?

Rosanna leaves Chicago for NYC so she can put her past behind her and reinvent herself. The only thing standing in her way is the grand total of seventy-three cents she has saved. Then she meets a guy who wants to show her the glamorous side of New York—a side that she would never get to experience on her own. If Rosanna doesn’t resist, she may find herself in city love.

Told from alternating points of view, City Love captures the moments in each girl’s life when everything is thrilling, amazing, and terrifying all at once . . . in a way it will never be again.

Review:

When I heard about this book I was pretty excited to read it. This book screamed Summer to me so I waited until now to read it. Unfortunately this book disappointed me a little bit. The main characters seemed to childish in some of the situations and I just couldn’t stand Sadie most of the times. Actually Sadie was the character that I liked less in this book. I didn’t have a lot of problems with Rosanna and Darcy but I just didn’t connect with any of these characters. I would like that the author would focus a little bit more in the main characters friendship instead of their love life. And that ending. I didn’t even know that I was in the end of the book because it was so unexpected. And I didn’t even knew that this book was a part of a series. However that ending is going to make me read the next book and maybe the characters will become more relatable. Something I loved about this book was the New York descriptions. This book is not only about the love in the girl’s life but also about the love that they feel for New York and, most importantly, the love that the author feels for the city. After reading this book I just want to visit New York even more that I wanted before.

Overall, this was a cute contemporary romance but I just didn’t connect with the characters. If I were you I would probably give it a try especially if you like these type of books.